Police: Man Smokes PCP, Crashes In West Hartford

January 23, 2012|By DAVID OWENS, dowens@courant.com, The Hartford Courant

WEST HARTFORD —

A Chicopee, Mass., man was jailed after he crashed his car, fought with responding police and was found to be carrying a substantial quantity of PCP, police said.

Hernan Santana, 30, was involved in crash at Route 44 and Mountain Road around 4:06 a.m. Sunday. When officers arrived to assist him, he scuffled with officers. He was taken into custody and later told police he had smoked PCP just before the crash, police said.

He was charged with driving under the influence, possession of a hallucinogen, interfering with an officer, speeding, driving without a license and larceny. He was held with bail set at $250,000.